Coparmex Reminds Mayor of Campaign Promises

by Maureen Dietrich
11 Mar 15
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Of the four promises, the Mayor says he has fulfilled two.

Members of Coparmex Mazatlán reminded Mayor Carlos Felton of the four campaign promises he made and signed while running for the mayoral seat which he won in 2013.

Head of the business organization, José Óscar Sánchez Osuna, read out the promises during a meeting with the Mayor and some of his council members yesterday.

The first was to reinforce the Instituto Municipal de Planaeción (Municipal Institute of Planning or Implan). The second promise was to form and assist a Citizens’ Security and Transparency Council, the third to form a municipal planning council and the fourth to appoint citizens to the Jumapam council.

Almost everyone when asked what they wanted, said Sánchez Osuna, replied a better city with better security, better roads, better water and drainage service, better employment opportunities and better pay. But at the moment we are not in agreement on how to achieve these goals and instead of advancing, we are losing, he stated, adding as citizens they have to ask the Mayor to fulfill his promises.

Felton replied he had fulfilled the first promise and the proof was the increase in the annual Implan budget from two million to six million pesos to assure the institute’s autonomy. He also pointed out that the municipal planning council was formed on February 19, 2014.

What is left to be done is the Citizens’ Security and Transparency Council and appointment of citizens to the Jumapam council.

For citizens to be a part of the Jumapam council, the Mayor stated, there has to be a change in the Sinaloa water laws.

The President of Coparmex acknowledged advances in the 14 months of Felton’s administration but pointed out there are still projects to be attended to in the 22 months left of the present administration.
Media stated there are 89 development projects slated for this year at a cost of 276 million pesos.

(from Noroeste)

Presenta Felton avances de su gestión a Coparmex

Liliana Zamora

noroeste.com

10-03-2015

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Fotografía: Noroeste/ Eduardo Reséndiz.

     
MAZATLÁN.- Intregrantes de la Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana en Mazatlán sostuvieron esta mañana una reunión con el Alcalde Carlos Felton, para conocer los alcances de su gobierno.

El Presidente Municipal presentó las adecuaciones que se han hecho en el cobro del Impuesto Predial Urbano, las modificaciones de la Avenida Del Mar y malecón, la creación del Instituto Municipal del Deporte, y que no se ha perdido ninguna demanda contra la Comuna.

Como candidato, recordó a los asistentes los cuatro compromisos que firmó en junio de 2013, los cuales fueron promover el Instituto Municipal de Planeación, el Consejo de Planeación y Transparencia, y la independencia financiera de la Junta Municipal de Agua Potable y Alcantarillado de Mazatlán.

Mexico could be America’s operating room, says employers group

A medical holiday in Mexico.

Mexico News Daily | Tuesday, August 19, 2014

With lower costs for medical treatment and its location, Mexico could be the operating room for Americans requiring medical treatment.

The Mexican Employers Association (Coparmex) says that by betting on medical tourism, the country could capture as much as US $1.7 billion annually by treating 120,000 patients from the United States.

Coparmex president Juan Pablo Castañón Castañón says Mexico’s challenge in the next eight to 10 years is to earn receipts of $10 billion to $12 billion in foreign exchange for medical services.

The organization believes that there are opportunities for medical tourism in odontology, orthopedics and cardiology, for which Mexico “must aspire to be the operating room of the United States.”

Castañón said the potential for growth is great because of the size of the market. In the U.S. alone, he said, nearly 40% of the population lacks adequate financial means to treat medical problems. Plus it is estimated that 33.5 million people of Mexican origin live and work in the U.S. and they too represent a market for the Mexican operating room.

A pilot project began in May in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, with the objective of attending to the binational market in the border area, treating patients of Hispanic origin in both countries.

Coparmex thinks Mexico should take advantage of its competitive advantages, such as geographical location, quality and treatment costs. The latter, it says, are between 40% and 60% more expensive on the other side of the border.

There is already a movement under way in Yucatán to offer tour packages that include clinic or hospital stays along with hotel accommodation, transportation and food, among other services.

Source: El Financiero (sp)

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Electrical Rates Expected to Drop in Two Years

by Murry Page

9 Aug 14 

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Enrique Ochoa Reza, Director General of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), said that Mexicans should see the benefits of the Energy Reform within the next two years.

The Director General, who met privately with members of the Employers’ Confederation of the Mexican Republic (Coparmex), said, “Since the adoption of the Energy Reform and the change in the construction of the energy sector infrastructure, we will be able to replace the fuel oil with natural gas and we expect to see concrete benefits within two years.”

Enrique Ochoa said that one of the objectives of the Energy Reform was the reduction of the costs associated with the generation of electricity, which can be achieved by replacing fuel oil with gas, which is four times more expensive than natural gas; and secondly, investing to improve the efficiency in both the distribution and transmission networks in México.

Juan Pablo Castanon Castanon, President of Coparmex, said there was the possibility of using the public-private partnerships to improve the efficiency in generating electricity throughout the country.

(from El sol de Mazatlán)